Keeping Score in the IT Compliance Game ALM can help organizations meet tough IT compliance requirements. TRACY RAGAN, CATALYST SYSTEMS Achieving developer acceptance of standardized procedures for managing applications from development to release is one of the largest hurdles facing organizations today. Establishing a standardized development-to-release workflow, often referred to as the ALM (application lifecycle management) process, is particularly critical for organizations in their efforts to meet tough IT compliance mandates. This is much easier said than done, as different development teams have created their own unique procedures that are undocumented, unclear, and nontraceable. Achieving 100 percent compliance from all development teams requires that the ALM team clearly communicate the levels of compliance to the developers and clearly communicate to upper management which development teams are and are not in compliance. Keeping track of the game using a simple “compliance scorecard” can do the job.